EFRAGARIA, 
off-fets’ as ftand neareft to the old ate being _pieferred to 
fuch formed by the tr a diftance, 
Upon a careful attention to ‘thele ae oe much of 
the fice iy this fort of culture depends. - : 
e of the wood kind, the-off-fets are bet 
cafe, 
they have an a full nll growth, ae aa are he moft pe 
per ftate for being fet out. 
In. preparing for plantations of this fort, the gro 
fhould be we ar trenched. over, and effeCtually cleared fon 
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It i is‘ likewife.a great advantage when beds can be feed 
in a fhelving or floping manner towards the fouth, fo asto 
have the fu H. influence of the fun during the day. 
eds have been thus made up, they are in 
proper ee for being —— upon, which fhould be done 
as’foon offi ble. 
The 
may be well rooted before the ommencem ‘4 tof he winter 
roits. Some, however, plant y fpring; but 
Ave is more'danger of hd ‘lant eing “actoyed d by the 
- Inexecuting the ees the plants or off-fets fhould be 
put-in by means of a line and dibble, in rows ace of 
the beds, at different cacseaged oo tot 
ufual cig Pipe 
order ; and great eare fowld 
ae to vase the mould w a 
as‘they are fet out. as been done, they 
fhould have.a good watering; to-fettle the ea well about 
their roots, arid keep them iteady in the 
But befides this mode of planting a they fuc- 
ceed well on-the fronts of clumps, b ae oe ae parts . 
of age yr arr efpecially when fet {o as to have a.due 
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x and without re too oa fhaded by the 
propagation mu i be e ring 
on the fruit, when-perfe oily ripened, either in the {pri 
autumnal feafon, on a bed of hi ight earth, or.in pots ee in 
‘ the fhade, 
_ After the’ plants eo been. fet out as how. and taken 
ry, es the winter prove ewe to 
ver the furface of the be 
his is abfolutely 
r part 
And i in the ene jamie, the ce uld be 
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ftantly kept cledn from weeds, ‘aud all the runners be aie 
d. be- 
P ied che} a bec ery ‘fron y the me following 
utumna ; but eee nega an eee, are permitted: 
to ee he fummer, and then pulled off in the au- 
n, they are not. half fo ftrong, nor will there be near the - 
ae quantity of fruit upon them thé following {pting, or fo’ 
ra and fine. Where-proper care is taken of the plants 
the firft fummer, there ‘is. generally a as fupply of 
fruit the Geoms fpring after planting. 
When plants are in bloffom, if the wether prove ram Ys 
good seer given occafionally, prove ey beneficial in 
promoting a “plentiful produGion of fruit 5: but, in other 
ere “a is unneceflary-to be had rec 
n the general culture ke this fort of rut, as the old 
Jan are wethole which produ 
otlier weak, and re caufe eae In the alpine forts, 
ce fummer Pati fhould not, however; be removed, as 
they produce fr 
fter Se been a - and managed i in the a 
© Seton it will be neceffa tumn, only again 
diveit them of thefe yen bt nea bul Of all the 5 eee 
i and to clear the beds from weeds ; ; then the paths 
uld be dug up, and the weeds buried, fome earth bein gs 
laid over the furface . the beds bees the plants, which 
will ftrengthen them them for the following’ 
pring ;-and if, a ter this there be. {ome old tanner’s bark 
a over the forfac ce of the ground. between the plants, ‘it 
en the 
is operation the ae w : ‘ 
ae of ‘the ground.in autumn, will be ee , and be a good 
dreffing tothe rat alycie eeeially in frrong land. This 
fhould be done whether the plants are in diftin& bunches or 
in range ser being equally neceffary in all cafes. 
the beginning of April, Mart rtyn has ob- 
ferved, if the furface of thé beds be earered with mo ofs, it. 
heaty rains fall after it 1s full grown, ther 
ed. over pene — ich frequently happen fo that it muft 
be wafhed befor s fit for the table, which greatly di- 
minifhes its flav 
It is of great wiley in a (elon to water ‘oceafionally 
very fummer, ne e on plants are in blow orming: 
‘heir fruit proaches eee this’ fhould be 
of the fru 
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left off, as it ee the ee 
But in fome of the. more fine forts, or curious large va- 
rieties, engns ripening, "it is eligible either to tie up the. 
ftalks with the bunches of fruit thereon to flicks, or the 
leaves and ftalks‘together ; fo as, in either way; to elevate 
the fruit from the earth, more out of danger of rotting by 
wet, ifa rainy feafon, and to. ore effe@tually enjoy the full, 
{un to ripen with a good flayour; or, fometimes place fla 
| tiles on the ground, round KN qe t.of a few. particular 
- forts, for the fruit to reft. upon, drier, and more ‘fecure from 
a) » rotting by the’ damp: of the earth, and to a “a an im. 
pr roved flavour 
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